David McDivitt

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Colorado Springs, Colorado

McDivitt Law Firm
David McDivitt
McDivitt Law Firm

Practice areas: Personal Injury, Products Liability, Class Action & Mass Torts; view more

Licensed in Colorado since: 2006

Education: University of Colorado Law School

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2027 Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 - 2018

McDivitt Law Firm

19 E Cimarron St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Visit website
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A trial lawyer and the Chief Executive Officer of McDivitt Law Firm, David McDivitt represents plaintiffs in personal injury, workers' comp, and mass tort cases.  Mr. McDivitt is a multi-year SuperLawyers honoree and, prior to turning 40, was a perennial SuperLawyer Rising Star.  A member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, he has been a muti-year recipient of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Mass Tort Lawyers, and Top 40 under 40. 

Mr. McDivitt is admitted to practice in the State of Colorado, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He is a member of the El Paso County Bar Association, the Denver Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice.

As a long-standing member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, he served for almost ten years on their Board of Directors, and was also a multi-year member of their Executive Committee and Co-Chair of their Eagle Committee.  Mr. McDivitt has provided expert testimony before both the Colorado State Senate and House Judiciary Committees, and has been a featured speaker at conferences across the United States.  Prior to entering civil law, Mr. McDivitt spent several years as a Deputy Public Defender in the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender.

Mr. McDivitt graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado Boulder with a Bachelor of Arts, and also studied at University of Paris (Sorbonne) and at Washington and Lee University.  He subsequently earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado School of Law, where he was an Editor for the University of Colorado Law Review.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff, Environmental Litigation, Workers' Compensation: Claimant

Focus areas

Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Class Actions, Construction Accident, Dram Shop Laws, Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Toxic Torts, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death

  • 40% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
  • 30% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
  • 10% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
  • 10% Environmental Litigation
  • 10% Workers' Compensation: Claimant

First Admitted: 2006, Colorado

Professional Webpage: https://www.mcdivittlaw.com/attorneys/david-mcdivitt/

Bar / Professional Activity

  • Colorado
  • National Trial Lawyers – Member
  • American Association for Justice
  • Board of Directors, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee
  • El Paso County Bar Association
  • U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Denver Bar Association
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • American Bar Association
  • Co-Chair, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Eagle Committee
  • Board of Directors, Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association: After 9 consecutive years serving on the Board, in 2019 I stepped down to pursue additional ways of continuing to serve Colorado's trial lawyer community and the clients that we serve

Special Licenses / Certifications

  • Certified, French Language

Educational Background

  • University of Colorado Boulder, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Nation's most Prestigious Academic Honor Society, Dean's Scholars Arts and Sciences Scholarship, Alumni Association Scholarship
  • University of Paris - Sorbonne
  • Washington and Lee University

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

  • Featured Speaker, Largest Annual gathering of Auto Accident and Wrongful Death Trial Lawyers, Colorado
  • Speaker, Changes in the Law Designed, Protect Injured Victim's rights to pursue their claims against Wrongdoers

Honors

  • Nationally Ranked Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2013
  • Rising Star in the Personal Injury: Plaintiff category, Colorado Super Lawyers, 2018
  • Joel H. Greenstein Award, Best Performance in Advanced Trial Advocacy
  • Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • Winner, Carrigan Cup Mock Trial Competition
  • Editor, University of Colorado Law Review
  • Top 100 Trial Lawyer, National Trial Lawyer's Association
  • Top 40 Trial Lawyers under 40, National Trial Lawyers Association
  • William O. DeSouchet Award, Best Individual Performance in Trial Advocacy
  • Member, Golden Key National Honor Society
  • Top 100 Trial Lawyer, The National Trial Lawyers, 2014
  • Membership Volunteer of the Year Award, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2010
  • Joel H. Greenstein Award, Best Performance in Advanced Trial Advocacy
  • Nationally Recognized Trial Lawyer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of McDivitt Law Firm

Office location for David McDivitt

19 E Cimarron St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Phone: 719-639-2201

Selections

3 Years Super Lawyers
5 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2025 - 2027
  • Rising Stars: 2014 - 2018

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